Gardening Tips & Tricks : How to Grow Strawberries in a Container

Growing strawberries in a container is a great way to keep them away from predators, and growing them in groups of at least three will help them grow into a healthy bunch. Cover the roots and leave the plant exposed when growing strawberries in a container with plant tips from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening.

Expert: Yolanda Vanveen
Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com
Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash.
Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

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[MyLittleGreenThumb]

My Strawberry plants are also HUGE this year, it's awesome! This is the first year and no berries, next year probably. I have 3 runners off of every plant, that is also AWESOME! I'm going t o start another bed in the fall:)

[SpaceBandit666]

this ladys cool, shes helped keep me from killing my plants! :D

[ben191209]

Would they survive a St.Louis La Ninia winter?

[WormComposter]

Following the medical addage of "first do no harm", I would defer to your suggestion and hold off and see how the plants do next year. Could be that the manure could be sufficient to carry the plants through another season. After replanting your runners with some added compost (worm compost being superior) :), I think that give them a good start with only a very small percentage of nitrogen.

[hopeso]

@WormComposter Thanks. Are you suggesting that I apply the mature compost next spring, that this will fix the problem?

It's been suggested too that I just leave the plants alone, don't fertilize OR water and they'll respond to the stress by producing fruit to propagate themselves to a more favourable location.

As is, the location is perfect so they propagate by sending out runners. Make sense?

[WormComposter]

@hopeso - usually the problem is too much nitrogen. A mature compost would be a better solution.

[hopeso]

I had a row of strawberries along the south facing fence that would yield about three or four handfuls of berries, not a lot.

In the fall, I transplanted them all into three rows, 2 ft apart, about 10 ft. long. I added some sheep manure on top of the soil and this year, all the plants are thriving with huge leaves and multiple runners, it's all growing like a weed.

But, very few strawberries. I kept them well watered and we've had a very, warm, sunny summer.

What did I do wrong ?

[MrWthisthis100]

shoot em dear

[GiClm4]

Started late May growing strawberries in a container. I only have green leaves, new stems with baby leaves, but no flowers.How long does it take to see stems begin to flower?

[luckymirai]

thank you so much for this.. great info.. I will try to plant strawberries next time..

[CardClashersHub]

thank you so much :-)